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July 9, 2019

In the current property climate, where opportunities abound, the last thing you want to hold you back from securing an additional asset for your portfolio is any restriction on your borrowing capacity. But that is a reality many investors face given the banks heightened wariness around refinancing and tighter restrictions on how much money they’re…

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March 19, 2019

More and more Australians are trying to protect their financial future by setting us their own Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF). However, there are some interesting rules governing and who is legally allowed to run them. But very few of us understand them. Did you know that a “disqualified person” is not permitted to be…

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May 3, 2018

How will you cope when interest rates rise? Because they will…maybe even next year. Watch as Ken Raiss and I discuss this plus the effect the changes in banks lending policies have had on household spending and saving. With the level of household debt taken on by the average Australian rising to unprecedented levels, some…

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December 26, 2017

What happens to your loans and debts when you die? It’s probably not something you’ve given much thought to, but understanding the way debt works after we pass on is important for all investors to consider, so as to ensure that our loved ones are financially taken care of – and not burdened – afterwards….

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December 9, 2017

How does money influence you? When does money go from being a positive, to a negative force in our lives? When it becomes an obsession, and it’s one of the last things you think about before going to sleep, and the first thing you think of when you wake up. If you judge the integrity…

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May 17, 2016

There are some good reasons why the RBA should retain its flexibility in managing inflation, writes… Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania For economists and others who ‘grew up’ being challenged to achieve low and stable inflation against the background of high and volatile inflation rates that emerged in Western countries in the 1970s (and persisted…

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April 18, 2016

The latest Australian housing finance statistics back-up what we already know: the national housing market is starting to cool, writes… Danika Wright, University of Sydney Local housing economists have been pouring water on the notion of a “property bubble” recently, arguing instead that rather than a bubble pop, we are on track for a gradual…

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April 18, 2016

We’re in the middle of a property and construction boom at present, buoyed by strong population growth and low interest rates. I hope the developers of today learn some lessons from the mistakes of others in the past. Before the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 there seemed to be one common goal in construction projects…

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April 15, 2016

The IMF warns of secular stagnation while Moody’s ponders a credit downgrade for Australia if GST and negative gearing are not tackled, writes… Richard Holden, UNSW Australia in his weekly economic wrap. The big news this week was domestic. And it was about the big picture. Australian unemployment came in better than expected at 5.7%, down 0.1%…

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April 14, 2016

Housing finance data for February 2016 has been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). According to the data, the total value of housing finance commitments over the month was $32.8 billion which was 2.6% higher over the month and 6.0% higher year-on-year. Although the value of housing finance commitments is higher over the month…

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